Elizabeth H. Faiella

Elizabeth Hawthorne Faiella is an experienced medical malpractice attorney, as well as a noted lecturer and author. She has been practicing law since 1976, when she received her Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Faiella is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, the most prestigious and selective attorney organization in America. Membership is limited to the top 100 plaintiff’s trial attorneys in the entire Nation.

In addition, Ms. Faiella is board-certified in Civil Trial Law by The Florida Bar, an accomplishment that only 7% of eligible attorneys achieve. Since 1983, Elizabeth has kept her certification current, and was awarded a 25-year certificate for her efforts in 2008.

Throughout her distinguished 40-year career, Ms. Faiella has won multiple verdicts and settlements of $1 million or higher, but has also devoted her time to her fellow professionals, teaching and lecturing on legal topics nearly 60 times, and serving on the Florida Bar Board of Civil Trial Certification Committee. She also wrote Women Trial Lawyers: How They Succeed in Practice and in the Courtroom, Chapter 4 “Voir Dire in the Medical Negligence Case: Key Factors in Choosing and Conditioning Jurors” in 1978, and co-authored “Battling Ageism in Cancer Negligence Cases” for Trial Magazine in 2007. Elizabeth now devotes her practice entirely to medical malpractice claims, because she passionately believes that medical care should improve health, not hinder it.

The AV Rating is the highest possible rating given by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review for a lawyer and is established wholly on a peer-review basis. The AV Preeminent designation signifies that attorneys have been rated by Judges and fellow attorneys as having the highest possible rating for legal abilities and ethical standards.

Elizabeth is fluent in Spanish and Italian.

Education:

Juris Doctor, Emory University School of Law, Georgia, 1976Bachelor of Arts, Trinity University, Texas; major in Foreign Language, 1969

Professional Credentials:

Admitted to practice in the State of Florida in December, 1976
Admitted to practice in the Middle District of Florida in January, 1977
Designated by the Florida Bar Designation Plan in December, 1978, as a specialist in the field of Trial Practice - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Florida Bar on July 1, 1983Recertified July 1, 1988Recertified July 1, 1993Recertified July 1, 2008 (25 year certificate awarded)Recertified July 1, 2013
Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer by the National Board of Trial Advocacy on June 30, 1984
Chairman of Women's Caucus of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) 1989;First Vice Chair, Women's Caucus of ATLA, 1988;Second Vice Chair, Women's Caucus of ATLA, 1987
Designated as Faculty Member of the National College of Advocacy by ATLA on 11/16/89
Designated as Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy on March 13, 1993
Examiner — Florida Bar Board of Civil Trial Certification Committee 1993 - 1994
Examiner — Florida Bar Board of Civil Trial Certification Committee 1994 - 1995
Examiner — Florida Bar Board of Civil Trial Certification Committee 1995 - 1996
Examiner — Florida Bar Board of Civil Trial Certification Committee 1996 - 1997
Invited to Million Dollar Advocate’s Forum June 1, 1995
Examiner and Vice Chair Florida Bar Board of Civil Trial Certification Committee 1997
Faculty Member - International Institute for Continuing Medical Education - 1998
Faculty Member - International Institute for Continuing Medical Education – 1999

Memberships & Associations:

Inner Circle of Advocates

American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)

LECTURER and PANELIST, International Institute for Continuing Medical Education, New York, New York, April 1998, The Missed or Delayed Diagnosis of Breast Cancer, “The Law, the Standard of Care and Malpractice, Comments on PIAA Report and Discussion Regarding Why Patients Sue Doctors, Vicarious Liability, Causation and the Delay of Diagnosis, and Subpoenas: What do they mean? What is required regarding original films?”

LECTURER and PANELIST, International Institute for Continuing Medical Education, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1999, The Missed or Delayed Diagnosis of Breast Cancer, “The Law, the Standard of Care and Malpractice, Comments on PIAA Report and Discussion Regarding Why Patients Sue Doctors, Vicarious Liability, Causation and the Delay of Diagnosis, and Subpoenas: What do they mean? What is required regarding original films?”

LECTURER and PANELIST, International Institute for Continuing Medical Education, New York, New York, October 1999, The Missed or Delayed Diagnosis of Breast Cancer, “The Law, the Standard of Care and Malpractice, Comments on PIAA Report and Discussion Regarding Why Patients Sue Doctors, Vicarious Liability, Causation and the Delay of Diagnosis, and Subpoenas: What do they mean? What is required regarding original films?”

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